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close may be repeated. And if the straining and painfid 

 symptoms of frequent urinating continue, then an anodyne 

 clyster may be given, composed of the following : — 

 Laudanum ... 2 ounces, 

 Thin gruel ... 1 quart. 



RED-WATER. 



Symptoms. — At the commencement, this complaint is 

 manifested by frequent, but unavailing attempts to emit 

 urine ; but when the disease has acquired a more advanced 

 condition, the discharge is in large quantities, intermingled 

 with a considerable portion of blood ; and hence its name. 

 When the disease is neglected, the urine assumes a darker 

 hue, and in time looks like foul coffee, and now he loses 

 strength rapidly, and sinks into a lethargic condition ; and 

 unless speedy remedies are had recourse to, the animal will 

 seldom exist under the complaint for more than ten or 

 twelve days. Great pain is felt in the urinary passage, and 

 the animal generally retires from the rest of the herd, and 

 extends its tail, raising up its back in an arcuated form. 



In the earliest stages, sunk eyes, restlessness, and want 

 of appetite, with hot and dry nose, and a staring coat are 

 the ordinary concomitants of this disease. 



Red-water is usually accompanied with considerable cos- 

 tiveness; and although this may not be the case at first, it 

 generally shows itself in the more advanced stages of the 

 complaint. Dry feeding is certain to induce costiveness in 

 this malady, and more especially if strong astringents 

 are given ; and in this case such a degree of constii)ation 

 may be induced, that the animal will die in consequence, as 

 no medicine will give relief. So prone to costiveness are 

 animals labouring under this complaint, that it will take 

 place even when feeding on grass. Relief may sometimes 



